Approved Interim Measures (NC BAL)

Approved interim measurs

On 24 September 2018, the President of the Energy Regulatory Office issued a decision approving the “Report on the Interim Measures Planned for the Implementation by GAZ-SYSTEM. in connection with the entry into force of Commission Regulation- (EU) No 312/2014 of 26 March 2014 establishing a Network Code on Gas Balancing of Transmission Networks.” The report submitted by GAZ-SYSTEM provides for the implementation of the following interim measures:

1. imbalance tolerance at a level which corresponds to the maximum quantity of gas that can be purchased or sold by each network user at weighted average price for the balancing area covering the national transmission system for high-methane gas; 2. interim imbalance charge which substitutes the method of the calculation of a daily imbalance charge set forth in Chapter V of Regulation 312/2014 with respect to the TGPS balancing area and the balancing area covering the national transmission system for low-methane gas;3. balancing platform meaning a trading platform where the Transmission System Operator is a trading participant with respect to all the transactions for the balancing areas of low-methane gas and TGPS, as well as of high methane balancing area (limited to “locational products” at the interconnection points with the adjacent TSOs located in the countries which are not EU members).

The selection of potential interim measures available to the transmission system operator, together with the description of the principles of their application is set out in Articles 47-50 of Regulation 312/2014 (BAL NC).

The interim measures approved for application by the decision of the President of ERO of 24 September 2018 will remain in effect from 06:00 a.m. on 1 October 2018 until 06:00 a.m. on 1 April 2019.

Full text of the decision of the President of ERO along with detailed description of the interim measures approved for application, as well as the Report concerning the interim measures planned for the implementation by GAZ-SYSTEM are available at the following links: